14 - Blue Box by Kouji Miura
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We’re once again sticking with the Weekly Shonen Jump, jumping to our favourite (and only) sports-drama-romcom title of the magazine, with Blue Box by Kouji Miura. An instant hit we’ve been following since the beginning and have plenty to discuss ahead of the upcoming anime adaptation. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction - continuing with Weekly Shonen Jump with Samu’s favourite 4:52 Kouji Miura’s previous works and how different they are to Blue Box 7:52 Does Blue Box feel like a Weekly Shonen Jump manga? 9:09 Comparisons with Mitsuru Adashi and the 50/50 sports/romance balance 12:56 Differences between the Blue Box one shot with the serialisation 14:44 Relationship dynamics in the series 17:38 Being a sports manga fan yet not loving sports 18:47 Anticipating the anime adaptation and the possible sales boost 23:21 Blue Box's contrast from Nisekoi and We Never Learn 24:12 Spoiler discussion begins 24:20 How the love triangle turned out - Samu’s optimism and Enzo’s pessimism 25:52 Will Enzo’s experience be different re-experiencing the story knowing how it plays out? 29:03 Do we care about ‘new’ love triangle that’s developing + our predictions 31:18 Taiki and Chinatsu’s relationship and the time it took 36:41 Predictions on how long the series will go on for 38:25 Enzo’s Recommendation: Baby Steps by Hikaru Katsuki 41:34 Samu’s Recommendation: 18.44- by Suika Momoko 43:00 Overview and final scores
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